Volleyball and Expedition Cooking 12th July 2024 (updated 12th July 2024) | By Sean Edwards Over the last 2 weeks, the explorers have had a volleyball evening where the teams battled it out to be crowned the overall winners and refine their skills ahead of the summer expedition! They also practised expedition cooking on the multi fuel stoves to diversify their go to d of e meal from pasta and tomato mix!
Chariot Pioneering 26th June 2024 (updated 26th June 2024) | By Sean Edwards On Monday, the Explorers partook in Pioneering challenge to build an a frame and walk it a set distance, usually in a race. The frame is manned by a jockey who helps the legs swing when pivoted to move the frame. A few photos are available below.
Slip N Slide 17th June 2024 (updated 17th June 2024) | By Sean Edwards Tonight the unit members constructed and then used a slip n slide. Whilst it could have been warmer, the weather was fairly kind with sunshine and no rain! Some of the Explorers managed to slide the full 25 metres which is impressive, others had less solid techniques getting less than 5 metres! Some photos are available below:
Kwik Cricket 11th June 2024 (updated 11th June 2024) | By Sean Edwards On Monday the Explorers took part in a game of Kwik Cricket. Well done to the winning team who scored significantly more than the other! We did learn Explorers need to practise throwing a ball in a straight line as there were a large number of wide throws!!!
Games Evening / Code of Conduct Review 23rd May 2024 | By Sean Edwards This week we had a much more relaxed evening at the HQ. We played several games including relays games, Stinger, stuck in the mud and naughts and crosses. We also reviewed the scout Values and updates our code of conduct for the unit going forward. A few photos are below:
D of E Silver Practise 2024 7th May 2024 (updated 7th May 2024) | By Sean Edwards 6 Explorers and 2 Leaders have just returned from the New Forest on a D of E practise expedition. Both teams successfully completed the three day expedition during which we had beautiful weather on day 1 and 2, however the rain finally came in on day 3! Well done to the team, all of them did really well! Lets hope for sunny weather for the assessed expedition in August!
Climbing and Abseiling 23rd April 2024 (updated 23rd April 2024) | By Sean Edwards Last night the Explorers had an evening of climbing and abseiling at Copthorne Prep School. Big thanks to Alaric and Smiley who came along to instruct! A few photos are available below:
Summer Term Programme 2024 5th April 2024 (updated 5th April 2024) | By Sean Edwards We are pleased to share our summer term programme with you all. See you next term! Shackleton-Programme-April-August-2024Download
Easter Egg Hunt 26th March 2024 (updated 26th March 2024) | By Sean Edwards For the last meeting of term, we met at Stanford Scout Campsite for an Easter egg hunt. Groups had to go out and hide eggs and record their what3word locations before swapping with another team to go and seek out the hidden eggs. The success of teams varied greatly in seeking out the eggs however everyone got some chocolate! A few photos are below:
Pancakes 6th February 2024 (updated 6th February 2024) | By Sean Edwards On Monday, the Explorers were tasked with shopping for and creating the perfect Pancake! Needless to say, the results were variable ranging from inedible, to barely edible! Some further cooking practise appears to be needed ahead of our summer expedition! A few photos are below:
